Authorities identify 28-year-old man killed in Newark's East Ward

A 28-year-old man was shot on Ferry Street in Newark early this morning and died four hours later at University Hospital, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.Star-Ledger file photo

NEWARK — Authorities identified a man shot and killed early Friday morning as a 28-year-old Newark resident and native of Afghanistan.

Bin Amin Aminy was shot on Ferry Street and died about four hours later at the hospital, Katherine Carter, spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.

The shooting was reported in the 600 block of Ferry Street in the city's East Ward at 3:18 a.m., according to Thomas Fennelly, the county’s chief assistant prosecutor and head of the office’s homicide task force.

The man was transported to University Hospital, and he was pronounced dead at 7:16 a.m., Fennelly said.

The Essex County Prosecutor’s Homicide and Major Crimes Task Force – including detectives from the Newark Police Department – continue to investigate the man's death.